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millpond

a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel
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Their left and right flanks were protected by substantial millponds bordered by swamps.
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The millponds are good places to see cormorants jutting their beaks in the air, ring-necked ducks, buffleheads, mallards and even bald eagles, which will eat the ducks as readily as they will fish, Ferland said.
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